Panasonic will use the Synopsys Custom Design Platform for all analog, mixed-signal and RF integrated circuit designs across a broad range of process technologies and applications

Decision to deploy the Synopsys platform followed a rigorous technical evaluation and the successful migration of legacy design flows and data

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that Panasonic Corporation has selected the Synopsys Custom Design Platform for its total design flow to develop next generation analog and mixed-signal products after the completion of a rigorous technical evaluation and successful migration of legacy design flows and data. Panasonic has already begun design work with the Synopsys Custom Design Platform; it will be used by all Panasonic analog, mixed-signal and RF design groups world-wide.

"We selected Synopsys as our EDA partner to help us accelerate our spatial sensing solution and battery sensing solution for automotive and industrial market," said Hiroyuki Tsujikawa , Director at Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd.. "Synopsys demonstrated that they could respond rapidly to our requirements, and we moved our legacy designs and design flows to Synopsys in just a few months."

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